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Growth · December 29, 2022

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Pressn't – a site where you can only have a single post

Today's internet is filled with dopamine wells of content. I wanted to steer away from that and foster meaningful writing. So I made a site where you can only have a single post. The intention is to encourage thoughtful posts like the blogs we all love here at HN (Paul Graham's, fasterthanlime, Bartosz Ciechanowski's, etc). For now posts are only markdown, but I intend to make some markdown extensions to make posts more dynamic.

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In plain words

Pressn't is a blogging platform that limits each user to a single post, designed to encourage thoughtful, long-form writing rather than frequent content production. Users write in markdown, with plans for dynamic markdown extensions. The service targets writers who prefer depth over volume and aims to foster the kind of meaningful essays found on personal blogs and technical publications.

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